Expedition 5280: Eviction Date Set

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Eviction Date Set

Today we set an eviction date for William. The latest he can remain in my tummy is Thursday, October 23. I was given the option of kicking him out sooner, however, it is in his best interest (as well as mine) to come out when he's fully cooked.

His head is in "zero station" which means he's revving up to come on out. We had another ultrasound today to 'test' him. Our doctor checked the placenta, the heart/heartbeat, that his diaphragm was practicing breathing, the amount of amniotic fluid, as well as gross/fine motor movements. He, and I, passed the test 100%

Mentally I think I can make it another week and the extra days will allow me to finish report cards.

2 comments:

lizcannon said...: wasn't kimiko 9 days overdue??? you can do it!; October 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Kimiko said...: TEN, Liz, TEN.; October 19, 2008 at 3:59 PM

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A Recent Rare Phenomenon

Last night we were at a local coffee shop with some friends. While sitting by the widow, we noticed that it had unexpectedly begun snowing. A few minutes later we all looked up to notice bright flashes, similar to that from a camera flash reflecting in the window. Since you never see lightning (or hear thunder) during a snow storm we all looked around for the abnoxiously bright flash from someones camera. It was nowhere to be found. Next thing we hear the boom of thunder and immediately car alarms start sounding. At this point we all look outside to see what looks like hail....but its not. It is simply pea sized snowballs that are falling like rocks from the sky. Needless to say, this was the first time any of us had experienced anything like this. The snowballs were not hard but soft...just like snow. The lightning and thunder continued for a while longer, as most everyone who was in the coffee shop either was glued to the windows or went outside for closer inspection. Bethany, who was sitting with our group, said that she had heard something like this happening before and said it was called a "thundersnow storm". Well, it is a true and rare event that is even more rare in a "land locked" state like Colorado. Here is the local newspaper headline from the Rocky Mountain News: "We were enjoying the lights, sights and sounds of a thundersnow that rolled through downtown around 9:30 p.m. And, we didn't make up that word thundersnow, either. It's a real, but rare phenomenon (and very rare in landlocked Colorado), according to a quickie Google search. In the simplest of terms, cold air meets warm air. As those two air masses interact, it causes friction, or a convection (up- and-down movement of air), which if violent enough, can cause lightning and thunder".

If you are still interested, check out the Wikipedia article for it : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundersnow